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The 2014 NBA free-agency period is just hours away. Teams may begin contacting free agents at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, but no new free-agent deals can be signed — and no trades can be completed — until July 10. The Magic are going to need to add veteran players, because their roster became even younger on draft day with the trade of 28-year-old Arron Afflalo for 21-year-old Evan Fournier and the acquisitions of 18-year-old Aaron Gordon, 20-year-old Elfrid Payton and 21-year-old Devyn Marble. When asked if the Magic need to add some older veterans in free agency, Magic GM Rob Hennigan responded, "I think it's important. I'm not sure it's critical. But I...

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The 2014 NBA free-agency period is just hours away.
Teams may begin contacting free agents at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, but no new free-agent deals can be signed — and no trades can be completed — until July 10.
The Magic are going to need to add veteran...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Orlando Magic have played one quarter of their regular season schedule, and one of their characteristics has become increasingly clear in recent weeks. Their offense just isn't very good when they fail to move the ball.
Monday...

The Orlando Magic didn't want to go into the All-Star break like this.
The Memphis Grizzlies slowed them down, frustrated their guards and snapped their three-game winning streak.
Led by burly power forward Zach Randolph and helped by center Marc...

TORONTO — Ryan Anderson prepared for a tough test as tipoff approached Monday night. He sat at his locker inside Air Canada Centre and said he wasn’t looking forward to guarding Andrea Bargnani, a talented 7-footer who can shoot from long range and put...

The challenge for the Lakers on this week's three-game trip is to at least hold their own on the backboards.
Generally, the Lakers are a good rebounding team.
But after they gave up 16 offensive rebounds to Oklahoma City on Sunday, Coach Byron Scott was...

The Lakers (16-41) take a three-game winning streak into their Sunday afternoon battle against a short-handed Oklahoma City Thunder (32-27) squad at Staples Center.
The Thunder will be without Russell Westbrook, who suffered a broken bone in his face...

The Lakers' big men were called out by their coach.
He called them out for not being physical enough against the far more physical Oklahoma City Thunder big men.
The biggest issue Lakers Coach Byron Scott had with his big men during their 108-101 loss...

Before winning some recent games, the Lakers had several rough patches.
They had a nine-game losing streak, one shy of the franchise record, and a seven-game losing streak before a winning streak that ended at three games Sunday against Oklahoma City.
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Rookie guard Jordan Clarkson helped the Lakers win their second consecutive game on Wednesday night in Utah against the Jazz by scoring a career-high 22 points on 10-for-16 shooting.
Clarkson took over the starting duties at point guard on Jan. 23...

In the eyes of Lakers General Manager Mitch Kupchak, the last 28 regular-season games are about more than just playing out a season that could be the worst in franchise history.
It is about the players auditioning for future employment with the Lakers...

The fans may be irate, but the Lakers made the right call in holding pat on Thursday at the NBA's annual trade deadline.
Almost 40 players changed teams, more if future draft picks are taken into consideration. Even the Lakers' obligation to the...

Lakers fans can rest easily. Duke star Jahlil Okafor is still a possibility.
The Lakers had little incentive to make any moves by Thursday's NBA trade deadline, and they didn't.
It shouldn't be surprising. They wanted to keep their draft picks,...

According to multiple reports, point guard Goran Dragic would like a trade from the Phoenix Suns before the Thursday's noon trade deadline.
Dragic will earn $7.5 million this season and has a player option on his next season, which also pays him $7.5...

Just because Jordan Clarkson started his 10th consecutive game for the Lakers Wednesday night against Portland doesn't mean the rookie will always be a starting point guard in the NBA.
At least that's how Lakers Coach Byron Scott views it.
But...

What's in a name? Please don't ask Tarik Black.
The Lakers' backup big man has heard every possible pronunciation of his first name, including the most popular, yet incorrect, one as recently as Wednesday night.
Unfortunately for him, it was in front of...

If another Lakers loss didn't excite you Wednesday, there was always Byron Scott versus Jason Kidd.
The Lakers coach couldn't quite hide his dislike for the Milwaukee Bucks coach before the game, a rift that went back more than a decade.
Kidd, the...

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"Linsanity" wasn't yet part of basketball lexicon the last time this happened.
But amid a rapidly disintegrating Lakers season, Jeremy Lin was a healthy scratch Friday, a DNP-CD, whatever parlance you chose, for the first time since Feb. 2,...

Mantra for the weekend for Lakers fans: 41 games down, 41 to go. Here are five takeaways from the Lakers’ 94-85 loss at Utah on Friday.
1) It was a three-way race for which starter was the Lakers’ least effective Friday. Jeremy Lin might have earned...